31.   Only Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration costs have been released.

32.   Ordinarily, such a cost would have to be recognized as an ordinary business expense in the year in which it was paid.

33.   Others at the Pentagon complained that the cost would have to come out of their own budgets, at a time they face spot shortages of money for readiness.

34.   Sales to US telecommunications companies had been disappointing, and rising costs had trimmed profit margins.

35.   Second, at the point where supply and demand do cross, marginal costs have to be above average costs.

36.   So has the cost of importing french fries from Canada and cooking equipment from the United States.

37.   Stocks declined amid concern government plans to reduce federal payroll costs will have a tough time passing in congress.

38.   Still, higher labor costs have yet to translate into higher consumer prices, the report said.

39.   That cost has more than doubled during the past two Olympics, said Jens Bang, a sports marketing expert with Cone Communications in Boston.

40.   The cost has yet to be determined.